Reciprocal biotic control on hydrology, nutrient gradients, and landform in the greater everglades

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 395-429

  Cohen, Matthew J ^a   Watts, Danielle L ^a   Heffernan, James B ^b   Osborne, Todd Z ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

biogeomorphic; conceptual model; landscape; patterned; selforganization

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOMORPHIC; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; LANDSCAPE; PATTERNED; SELF-ORGANIZATIONS;

DISSOLUTION; ECOSYSTEMS; FEEDBACK; LANDFORMS; NUTRIENTS; PEAT; PHOSPHORUS; RESTORATION; VEGETATION;

PROCESS CONTROL;

CARBONIC ACID; LIMESTONE; PEAT; PHOSPHORUS;

DISSOLUTION; ECOLOGICAL STABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOMETRY; HABITAT RESTORATION; HYDROLOGY; HYDROPERIOD; INHIBITOR; LANDFORM; LANDSCAPE; LIMESTONE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHORUS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESPIRATION; SELF ORGANIZATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BREATHING; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; FAUNA; HABITAT PATCHINESS; HYDROLOGY; LAND DRAINAGE; LANDSCAPE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NUTRIENT; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; TOPOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79951847914     PISSN: 10643389     EISSN: 15476537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10643389.2010.531224     Document Type: Article

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